LANCASTER, (Lancaster, Co.) December 2 is election day for Local Administrative Area 3. The communities in LAA-3 are Bart, Colerain, Conestoga, Dm more, E. Drumore, Eden, Fulton, E. & W. Lampeter, Little Britain, KUTZTOWN (Chester Co.) Improved dairy had health, eco nomic savings and improved water quality will be highlights of an afternoon farm tour slated for the Cochranville-Atglen area in southwestern Chester County on Tuesday, October 29. The tour will begin at 1 p.m., at the farm of Lee and Sarah Kurtz Cooperative Extension Plans Annual Meeting ERIE (Erie Co.) The Erie County Cooperative Extension Association will hold its 1996 Annual Meeting and Banquet on Thursday evening, Nov. 7, at Waterfall Restaurant The evening will begin at 7 p.m. with a social half-hour followed by a buffet dinner at 7:30 p.m. Cost of the dinner is $l3 per person. According to Carol Hcrberlein, annual meeting chair, this year’s guest speaker will be Jim Getty FISHER’S PAINTING & FISHER’S PAINT OUTLET STORE QUALITY PAINTS @ REASONABLE PRICES Point j ■ ALL TYPES OF INTERIOR & EXTERIOR *Ni U P J PAINTING ■ SANDBLASTING N ROOF COATING I RESTORATION & WATERPROOFING ON STONE & BRICK BUILDINGS HOUSES - BARNS - FENCES - FACTORIES - ETC. Specialists in Sand Blasting/Spray Painting Farm Buildings, Feed Mills, Roofs, Tanks, Etc. With Aerial Equipment WE NOW REPAIR SPRAY GUNS AND PUMPS 4056 A Newport Rd., Kinzers, PA 17535 717-768-3239 On Rt. 772 Across From Pequea Valley School ‘Brush, %g[[ Or Spray - We ’tt E>o It ‘Either Way ‘Jor jobs Large Or SmaCC ■ Our Men Will Do It All imiaiaui HOME HEATING OIL USERS KMGB CtOeQL QIGL "Central Warehouse Distributor & Diesel Fuel Injection Specialist 6030 Jonestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 (717)545-5931 mnauna Elections Request Nominating Petition Martic, Paradise, Pequea, Provi dence, and Strasburg. These communities will be electing their representatives to serve as community commit teeperson for three years. Eligible voters have the right to nominate candidate(s) of their Conservation Farm Tour Set located on SR 10 about 4 miles south of Parkesburg. Traveling south on SR 10, it is the first farm to the left after Cochranville Grain. The tour will end by 3:30 p.m. at the farm of Ken and Mari lyn Umble. Refreshments and door prizes will be provided. Featured at the Kurtz farm will be a concrete barnyard pad, man- who portrays Abraham Lincoln. Getty has portrayed Lincoln in historic Gettysburg since 1978. He will tell about Abraham Lin coln’s life and times and will blend heritage, humor, and hope. Reservations must be made by Oct 17, by sending your name, complete address, daytime phone number, and check for $l3 to Erie County Cooperative Extension and mail to 850 East Gore Rdad, Erie, PA 16509. If you have any questions, please contact the office at (814) 825-0900. jqmuiuiui uasuaaa nauiiamuiuimaui choice by petition. Blank petitions (FSA-669A5) may be obtained at the county FSA office. Each peti tion submitted must be; •Limited to one nominee. •Signed by the nominee, indi cating willingness to serve if elected. ure storage structure and re establishment of a vegetative cov er in the exercise lots. Since these improvements were made, Kurtz reports his cows stay much clean er and have fewer foot problems. The concrete pad has reduced the amount of labor for cleaning the barnyard, and keeps manure sedi ment and nutrients from entering the Brandywine Creek. The man ure storage structure reduced the need for purchased fertilizer because it facilitated nutrient man agement by allowing manure application at more optimum times. Streambank crossings and fenc ing, as well as the use of rotational exercise lots will be highlighted at the Umble farm. Streambank fencing was installed to protect the banks of the stream and keep the cattle out of the water. The meadow is divided into four lots, allowing the Umbles to rotate the cattle from lot to lot based on grass growth and soil conditions. Rotating the use of the lots main tains vegetative cover and keeps the cows cleaner and more comfortable. Ken Wilson from the Chester County Conservation District will DEPENDABLE STANDBY POWER PRIME RATE FINANCING NOW AVAILABLE Phone (717) 273-4544 • (800) 272-6294 Fax: (717) 273-5186 MAXIPOWER, LLC • 440 Schaolfar Road * Lebanon, PA 17042-9753 •Postmarked or delivered to the county FSA office no later than October 28. The person nominated should be currently engaged in the opera tion of a farm or ranch and be well qualified for committee work. A farmer is eligible to be a county present information on the overall design and cost-share options of the highlighted improvements. Jerry Martin from the Pequea-Mill Creek Project in Lancaster County will introduce the “Farmstead Evaluation.” The eight page book let enables farmers to score the degree of water quality protection from nutrients and sediment pro vided by their farmstead. Kurtz and Umble have worked closely with the Chester County Conservation District installing best management practices on their farms. In addition to the practices featured, strip cropping, terracing, and waterways were installed to reduce soil erosion. Dairy Industry Leaders Determine Key Initiatives STATE COLLEGE (Centre Co.) —A core leadership group of the Pennsylvania Dairy Stake holders met last week to deter mine key initiatives which they will recommend be undertaken to increase the viability and expan sion of Pennsylvania’s dairy industry. An outgrowth of several years of meetings by approximately SO major dairy industry stakeholders, the key leaders agreed to form several task forces to submit reports to major stakeholders in January 1997. If the larger stake holder group approves the recom mendations, a frill study will fol low to suggest ways to implement the proposals. MAXI^OWER FS A committee member if the far mer lives in the LAA and is an eligible voter. County FSA com mittee members may not hold pos itions in certain farm and com modity organizations, if these pos itions pose a conflict of interest with FSA duties. These positions include functional offices such as president, vice president, secret ary, and positions on boards or executive committees. Additional information of eligibility to hold office may be obtained at the county FSA office. The duties of county FSA com mittee members include: •Informing farmers of the pur pose and provisions of the FSA programs. •Keeping the state FSA com mittee informed of LAA conditions. •Recommending needed changes in farm programs. •Participating in county meet ings as necessary. •Performing other duties as assigned by the State FSA Committee. As the largest segment of agri culture in Pennsylvania, the dairy industry contributes $1.4 billion to the economy. One task force will study the impact of individual dairy farms on local communities. This group will also suggest ways the dairy industry can work tow ards fostering a positive image. Another task force will identify regulations that may influence Pennsylvania’s competitive posi tion regionally, nationally and internationally. According to N. Alan Bair, director of dairy industry relations for The Pennsylvania State Uni versity, preliminary feasibility reports will be presented to the core leadership group on Decem ber 20. Core Leadership Group members are- Logan Bower, dairy producer/PA Dairy men’s Association; Earl Fink, PA Association ot Milk Dealers; Dean Girton, Girton Manu facturing Co., Inc. Ralph Heffnei, lary producer/Agway; Philip Kimmel, Keystone Farm Credit; Beveri) Minor, dairy producer Springhouse Restaurant/PA Milk Marketing Board (rep resenting Leon Wilkin son); Ivo Otto, dairy producer/Atlantic Dairy Cooperative (represent ing Robert Dever); Bet ty Reibson, dairy producer/County Com missioner; Robert Thompson, dairy producer/Milk Market ing Incorporated (repre senting Lewis Gard ner); Richard Way bright, dairy producer. The Pennsylvania Dairy Stakeholders effort is supported joint ly by Penn Stale Uni versity and the Pennsyl vania Department of Agriculture. For more information, call Bair at (717) 948-6328.
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